PESHAWAR: The election in PK-78, Peshawar-XIII, has been postponed due to the killing of Haroon Bashir Bilour in a suicide attack here on Tuesday night.

A notification issued by the concerned returning officer on Wednesday said that the election proceedings in respect of the constituency stood terminated till further order. Haroon Bilour was Awami National party’s candidate in PK-78.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2018

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